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ACS Chem Neurosci 2011 Feb 16;22:107-14. doi: 10.1021/cn100093f.
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Discovery of a new class of ionotropic glutamate receptor antagonists by the rational design of (2S,3R)-3-(3-carboxyphenyl)-pyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid.

Larsen AM , Venskutonytė R , Valadés EA , Nielsen B , Pickering DS , Bunch L .


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The kainic acid (KA) receptors belong to the class of glutamate (Glu) receptors in the brain and constitute a promising target for the treatment of neurological and/or psychiatric diseases such as schizophrenia, major depression, and epilepsy. Five KA subtypes have been identified and named GluK1-5. In this article, we present the discovery of (2S,3R)-3-(3-carboxyphenyl)-pyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid (1) based on a rational design process. Target compound 1 was synthesized by a stereoselective strategy in 10 steps from commercially available starting materials. Binding affinities of 1 at native ionotropic Glu receptors were determined to be in the micromolar range (AMPA, 51 μM; KA, 22 μM; NMDA 6 μM), with the highest affinity for cloned homomeric KA receptor subtypes GluK1,3 (3.0 and 8.1 μM, respectively). Functional characterization of 1 by two electrode voltage clamp (TEVC) electrophysiology at a nondesensitizing mutant of GluK1 showed full competitive antagonistic behavior with a K(b) of 11.4 μM.

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